How to never lose another Save Game.
Hi guys, every once in a while I’ll hear someone say that they lost a save game or a sim because their hard drive crashed or their laptop got lost. These sorts of things can happen to the best of us but it’s a shame to lose all that progress just because of a single hardware issue or silly mistake. That’s why I have all of my save games automatically uploaded to the cloud through Google Backup and Sync for free. You also don’t have to remember to start Backup and Sync because the program starts when your computer boots up.
First go and download backup and Sync from Google. It’s an easy process that doesn’t take long. Just make sure that you check the box to allow the program to start at bootup or else you’ll have to start the program manually every time you start the game.
At this point, you’ll also be asked to sign into your Google account if you have one. If you don’t have one, you’ll be prompted to create one. If you’re not sure, do you have a Gmail? Your Google Drive password is the same as your Gmail password since it’s all provided through Google.
After you’ve installed the program right click the cloud icon on your toolbar. You’ll be shown a menu and on the top right you’ll see three dots. Go to preferences.
The folders you see in this menu are the folders that Backup and Sync are automatically uploading to your private account. To add your save, click “CHOOSE FOLDER” and then navigate to where your save game folder is for which ever game it is that you want to be backed up. When the file is selected it’ll show up in your file list. Make sure that the box next to your file has a check mark to indicate that you’ve selected it for storage. You can see my Saves folder is marked for cloud storage in the above photo. This process can work with ANY sims game.
Now you’re done! All of your saves are in Google’s data storage servers so that if anything happens to your computer your save games are safe and can be re-downloaded to a new PC.
